ammo for 8's and 81's
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:38 pm
Hi,
I just want to see who else out there collects ammo for the 8 and 81. I have one box of Winchester 25 Rem, one box of Western 32 Remington Autoloading, and 6 boxes of Remington brand 30 Rem, ranging in age from an early Remington/UMC slip top box, to green Remington box with 160 grain FMJ's, a blue and white Peters box, a Big R Remington box, and a 1990 date coded green and yellow box. I load for the 30 Rem, so I don't shoot any of the collector stuff (I did shoot some late 1960's yellow box Winchester Silvertips that I had and have never seen since anywhere. Mistake
) and I don't need the brass as I bought a few hundred new cases a few years ago from where I don't remember now. I think I still have 100 that I have never loaded yet. I try to buy any of these 3 calibers when I can (and afford) just for collecting sake. Don't see much 25 and 32 at all. I don't really know why I don't collect 35 Rems. In the last 5 years, I have scrounged up 3 boxes of late green and yellow box stuff at gun shops that I come across. And I look at gun shows too, and even went to the International Cartridge Collectors show in St. Louis today, and found some way expensive 30 Rem that cost almost what I paid for the rifle!! No Thanks!
I just want to see who else out there collects ammo for the 8 and 81. I have one box of Winchester 25 Rem, one box of Western 32 Remington Autoloading, and 6 boxes of Remington brand 30 Rem, ranging in age from an early Remington/UMC slip top box, to green Remington box with 160 grain FMJ's, a blue and white Peters box, a Big R Remington box, and a 1990 date coded green and yellow box. I load for the 30 Rem, so I don't shoot any of the collector stuff (I did shoot some late 1960's yellow box Winchester Silvertips that I had and have never seen since anywhere. Mistake
) and I don't need the brass as I bought a few hundred new cases a few years ago from where I don't remember now. I think I still have 100 that I have never loaded yet. I try to buy any of these 3 calibers when I can (and afford) just for collecting sake. Don't see much 25 and 32 at all. I don't really know why I don't collect 35 Rems. In the last 5 years, I have scrounged up 3 boxes of late green and yellow box stuff at gun shops that I come across. And I look at gun shows too, and even went to the International Cartridge Collectors show in St. Louis today, and found some way expensive 30 Rem that cost almost what I paid for the rifle!! No Thanks!